Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 592
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/03/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Leek) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 117 - 144
    4  and insert:
    5         1. Opening protection improvements, including all of the
    6  following:
    7         a. Exterior doors.,
    8         b. Garage doors.,
    9         c. Windows., and
   10         d. Skylights.
   11         2. Roof-related improvements, including all of the
   12  following:
   13         a.2. Reinforcing roof-to-wall connections.
   14         b.3. Improving the strength of roof-deck attachments.
   15         c.4. Installing secondary water resistance for roof.
   16         d. Replacing the roof covering.
   17         (f) Improvements must be verified during the final
   18  hurricane mitigation inspection to qualify for grant funds
   19  Grants may be used for a previously inspected existing structure
   20  on the property.
   21         (g)1. If improvements to protect the property which
   22  complied with the current applicable building code at the time
   23  have been previously installed, the association must use a
   24  mitigation grant to install improvements that do both of the
   25  following:
   26         1.a. Comply with or exceed the applicable building code in
   27  effect at the time the association applied for the grant.
   28         2.b. Provide more hurricane protection than the
   29  improvements that the association previously installed.
   30         (h)2. The association may not use a mitigation grant to:
   31         1.a. Install the same type of improvements that were
   32  previously installed; or
   33         2.b. Pay a deductible for a pending insurance claim for
   34  damage that is part of the property for which grant funds are
   35  being received.
   36         (i)(h) The department shall develop a process that ensures
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   38  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Delete line 10
   41  and insert:
   42         may be used; requiring that improvements be verified
   43         during the final hurricane mitigation inspection to
   44         qualify for grant funds; providing an effective date.